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How a Rs 5,000 debt led to graveyard extortion and ‘drug video’ trap in Bengaluru

February 03, 2026 10:08 pm

Four men were arrested for kidnapping a Bengaluru man and stealing money and gold chain from him.

Punjab and Haryana High Court steps in: Why this sub-inspector’s punishment for extortion was slashed despite ‘guilt’

January 29, 2026 12:04 pm

Punjab and Haryana High Court news: The Punjab and Haryana High Court said he was not entirely innocent given witness testimony confirming his intervention in financial transactions, the departmental punishment was not proportionate to the offence.

The Bengaluru police on Thursday said two minors were apprehended and three others arrested in an extortion case in Kengeri

18-year-old man with over 30 cases and minors among 5 arrested for extortion in Bengaluru

January 15, 2026 9:39 pm

The Bengaluru police said the 18-year-old accused had been sent to a remand home several times when he was a minor and had escaped on two occasions.

The victim said he also received a call from an unknown number; the caller claimed he was “joint commissioner of police, Mumbai.” (File Photo)

Unidentified men posing as Mumbai police officers extort Rs 99 lakh from Malad businessman

December 20, 2025 10:34 pm

Unable to meet further demands of the accused, the 39-year-old businessman left his home on December 15 without informing anyone. His wife registered a missing person complaint, after which the police traced him and brought him back.

Gujarat: Former BJP MLA, ex-IPS get life imprisonment for extorting trader for bitcoins worth Rs 12 crore in 2018

August 30, 2025 1:20 am

Kotadiya was elected MLA from Dhari Assembly constituency in 2012 as a candidate of Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP), an outfit floated by former chief minister Keshubhai Patel

Rs 31k 'extorted' from jeweller in Mumbai: Court rejects interim bail plea of three GRP cops

August 27, 2025 12:10 am

The men in their pleas claimed to have been falsely implicated and said that there was a delay of five days in filing the FIR

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Security guards threatened, Rs 5 lakh extortion demanded from EON Kharadi Infrastructure; FIR lodged

August 07, 2025 10:04 pm

The complainant looks after the duties and other issues of the security guards deployed by Infinity Facility Services at the property.

Mumbai: Man uses car with ‘MLA sticker’, tries to extort Rs 5 lakh from contractor, held

July 01, 2025 1:52 am

According to the complainant, the accused asked him to tell his bosses that they should pay him Rs 5 lakh by July 5 if they wanted to continue with their work

Accused of honey trapping, extortion by Surat builder, absconding social media influencer held in Ahmedabad

June 21, 2025 12:37 am

Sources said there was a property dispute between the complainant and one Vijay Savani, who also deals in real estate in Surat city, and the matter is pending in Surat court